Northern Virginia
Beltway bedroom communities
Northern Virginia is the region of Virginia closest to Washington, D.C., encompassing suburbs like Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax County.
The area is economically and culturally distinct from the rest of the state—wealthier, more educated, more liberal, and deeply tied to the federal government and its contractors.
Residents often call it NoVa: I grew up in Northern Virginia but moved to Richmond for college.
Virginia burial ground
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- FairfaxVirginia county name
- Prince WilliamWales's eldest son
- HerndonVirginia suburb near capital
Manassas · Sterling · Chantilly · McLean · Vienna · Woodbridge · Leesburg · Dulles
First president's residence
- ManassasNorthern Virginia battlefield town
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- colonialOf occupied territories
- battlefieldsSites of military engagement
George Washington · plantations · Founding Fathers · antebellum · heritage · Confederate · Union · historic preservation
Regular work travel
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- subdivisionsPortions of a whole
- townhousesAdjoined multilevel residences
- cul-de-sacsStreets closed at one end
HOA · traffic · development · Metro · minivans · carpool · zoning · neighborhoods
U.S. military headquarters
- federalDivided governmental authority
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
NSA · State Department · Homeland Security · military · bureaucracy · clearance · agencies · policy
Having abundant financial resources
- upscaleElegant and expensive
- McMansionsOstentatious mass-produced houses
- high-incomeEarning considerable money
- gatedHaving a barrier entrance
Great Falls · luxury · executive · white-collar · Mercedes · BMW · estate · manicured
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- KoreanOf the peninsula nation
- VietnameseOf Southeast Asian nation
- SalvadoranOf El Salvador
Ethiopian · Indian · international · enclaves · Koreatown · mosques · temples · halal
Arlington
Virginia burial ground
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- FairfaxVirginia county name
- Prince WilliamWales's eldest son
Herndon · Manassas · Sterling · Chantilly · McLean · Vienna · Woodbridge · Leesburg · Dulles · Potomac
Mount Vernon
First president's residence
- ManassasNorthern Virginia battlefield town
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- colonialOf occupied territories
George Washington · battlefields · plantations · Founding Fathers · antebellum · heritage · Confederate · Union · historic preservation · battlefield tours
commute
Regular work travel
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- subdivisionsPortions of a whole
- townhousesAdjoined multilevel residences
cul-de-sacs · HOA · traffic · development · Metro · minivans · carpool · zoning · neighborhoods · garages
Pentagon
U.S. military headquarters
- federalDivided governmental authority
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
CIA · NSA · State Department · Homeland Security · military · bureaucracy · clearance · agencies · policy · Langley
wealthy
Having abundant financial resources
- upscaleElegant and expensive
- McMansionsOstentatious mass-produced houses
- high-incomeEarning considerable money
gated · Great Falls · luxury · executive · white-collar · Mercedes · BMW · estate · manicured · well-to-do
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- KoreanOf the peninsula nation
- VietnameseOf Southeast Asian nation
Salvadoran · Ethiopian · Indian · international · enclaves · Koreatown · mosques · temples · halal · multilingual
- VirginiaJamestown, Monticello, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Colonial Williamsburg
- DC AreaWashington DC, Bethesda, Arlington, Rockville, Fairfax
- tech hubsSilicon Valley, Austin, Seattle, Boston, Bangalore
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Bull RunManassas, Henry Hill, Stonewall Jackson, Beauregard, McDowell
Northern VirginiaMontgomery County
Maryland county bordering Washington DC
north, northward, Virginia, northerner, northwards, northerners, northing, northernmost, northlands